RE: [Cooker] Winmodems

[Sam Walker]

There is a Winmodems website that has some links to available drivers. As
far as I know, Lucent is the only one that has released a Linux driver for
their winmodems, but I've heard mixed reports on their usability.

Sam

-Original Message-
From: Tracy Whitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 1:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Cooker] Winmodems


Hello,

Does anyone know if there is support for winmodems under
Mandrake?

Thanks
Tracy

Re: [Cooker] Winmodems

[Kallador]

Yes
GOTO
www.linmodem.org
but thats only for Lucent zWinmodems
- Original Message - 
From: "Civileme" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Winmodems


 Tracy Whitt wrote:
 
  Hello,
 
  Does anyone know if there is support for winmodems under
  Mandrake?
 
  Thanks
  Tracy
 
 Well, there are the PCTel modems which have their own linux
 drivers, and there is the linmodem project which concentrates on
 using the beasties for computer-driven telephony.
 
 I think every ISP on the list will say what I am about to say:
 
 If you can afford a real modem, use it.  Don't even think about a
 winmodem, not even under windows.
 
 There are many problems with winmodems, the biggest come when you
 try an on-line graphic game and thew modem software gets swapped to
 disk because the memory is needed to drive graphics, or some
 time-critical loop in the game display won't let the modem software
 run at the speed needed.
 
 There are others as well, depending on the type of switch the telco
 is using, the distance you are from the CO, etc.
 
 A winmodem driven by the most efficient software under the best
 possible operating system with a Gig or so of main memory STILL
 will not perform with its $3 chipset to the standards of a real
 modem with its $40 Chipset and supporting hardware.  Windows masks
 the differences by reporting the same speed regardless of what is
 really happening.
 
 But if you can afford nothing better, there are a few supported
 linmodems.
 
 Civileme
 
 
 

Re: [Cooker] Winmodems

[Mike]

No winmodems as of yet that I am aware of but still waiting ..



On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, you wrote:
 Hello,
 
   Does anyone know if there is support for winmodems under
   Mandrake?
 
 Thanks
 Tracy

Re: [Cooker] Winmodems

[Civileme]

Mike wrote:

 No winmodems as of yet that I am aware of but still waiting ..

 On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, you wrote:
  Hello,
 
Does anyone know if there is support for winmodems under
Mandrake?
 
  Thanks
  Tracy

Actually I do recall that there was at least one Cooker kernel that had
support for the PCTel series of HSP Modems.  If they took it out, kudos.
My own feeling is that if there were no Winmodems on the face of the
earth, there'd still be too many.

Of course, if ever I start servicing computers again, I will think the
Winmodem is a wonderful machine and bite my tongue when users ask me to
recommend a modem, and remain silent as much as possible.

Civileme